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Philip Bennet (Suffolk MP)

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Philip Bennet (1795 – 17 August 1866)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.

He was elected to the House of Commons as one of the two Members of Parliament (MPs) for the Western division of Suffolk at a by-election in October 1845 following the death of the sitting MP Robert Rushbrooke. Bennet held the seat until the stood down at the 1859 general election.[2]

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  1. ^ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "S" (part 6)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Archived from the original on 5 December 2008. Retrieved 23 November 2009.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. pp. 463–464. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for West Suffolk
18451859
With: Harry Spencer Waddington
Succeeded by